Semolina Or Suji Quesadilla
Quesadilla is a Mexican dish made of tortilla. But here is a breakfast Quesadilla made with suji pancake or our humble suji chilla. A perfect kids friendly breakfast dish. You can make any veg or non veg stuffing instead of potatoes with lots of cheese.
Equipment
- 1 pressure cooker
- 1 Skillet or pan
- 1 mixing bowl
- 1 laddle
- 1 Spatula
- 1 Whisker
Ingredients
- 4 medium potatoes
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 3 tbsp pizza sauce
- 1 tsp oregano
- 2 tbsp tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp sriracha sauce
- 2 cheese cubes
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup semolina or suji
- 1/2 cup rice flour
- 1/2 cup curd or yogurt
- salt
- 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
- 2-3 tbsp cilantro or coriander leaves chopped
- 1 cup water
- oil
- cheese slices or mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- In a large bowl mix suji or semolina, rice flour and curd or yogurt. Add water slowly and mix well. Don’t add entire water in one go. Add 1/4 cup at a time. Mix everything well and make a lump free smooth batter.
- Now add salt, chilli flakes and chopped cilantro or coriander leaves. Mix well. Cover the bowl and keep aside.
- Peel and grate the potatoes. Grate the cheese cubes and mix with potatoes. You can use more cheese cubes if you want.
- Add salt, oregano, sriracha sauce, mayonnaise, tomato ketchup and pizza sauce. Mix well. Your stuffing is ready. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Add little more sauce and mayonnaise if required. Add less or more sauce according to your taste.
- You can use any chilli garlic sauce if you don’t have sriracha sauce. You can add finely chopped onion in potato mixture if you want. You can also make sandwiches with this potato mixture.
- Heat a pan or skillet. Brush with little oil. Pour a ladle full of batter in the middle. Spread with the back of the ladle by rotating. Reduce the heat and cook on low heat. Drizzle little oil on the sides.
- When the edges becomes brown flip the chila upside down and fry the other side too. Remove the chilla or pancake on a plate. Make one more pancake like this.
- Spread potato mixture all over the pancake. Spread small pieces of cheese slice over the potato mixture. You can also use grated mozzarella cheese. Use as much cheese as you like.
- Place another pancake over it and flip carefully. Drizzle little oil on the sides. Press gently with a spatula. Fry both the sides till golden brown. Remove on a plate and cut into four pieces with a knife or pizza cutter. Serve hot with any sauce.
- You can also use leftover roti instead of chilla or pancake to make this delicious Indian style quesadilla. Do you have any leftover stuffing? Make sandwiches with it. It will be a delicious sandwich filling.
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Notes
1. You can use any flour in chilla or pancake. But don’t skip rice flour. Rice flour will make your quesadilla crisp. 2. You can use any sauce of your choice in stuffing. 3. Grated carrot, capsicum, bell peppers, boiled sweet corn or any vegetable or paneer can be used in stuffing. 4. If your kids love cheesy stuffing then add more cheese. Use as much cheese as you like.